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RagnarÃ¶k…the Twilight of the Gods in Norse mythology…the destruction of the Nine Worlds.Â And now, three hundred years later, the birth of vengeance.

Walter Simonson returns to comics in a BIG way with an all-new series… and doing what he does best!!

My wife and my children are dead.Â My brothers and sisters are dead.

My parents are dead.Â The Great Enemies still live.

But I swear on the shattered bones of my kinsmen… they will not live forever.

I shall become… the storm.

Walter Simonson is one of the most acclaimed and respected creators in comics. He has done defining runs on Thor, Manhunter, Star Slammers, Elric, Orion and more. Now, in his first creator-owned series in 20 years, he brings his tremendous artistic arsenal to a brand new world… the twilight world ofÂ RagnarÃ¶k!

• The brand-new ongoing series from Eisner award-winner, Walter Simonson, artist of the first graphic novel to ever appear on the New York Times bestseller list!

•The first issue in a bi-monthly ongoing series of story arcs! First trade paperback will not be in stores until late 2015!

•Don’t be fooled, this may be RagnarÃ¶k, but it only starts here!

Walter Simonson’s Lawnmower Man: Artist’s Edition Portfolio

Stephen King (w) • Walter Simonson (a & c)

Stephen King’s The Lawnmower Man is a classic short story that was the basis for a hit motion picture. But, more importantly, it was adapted for comics by King himself, and drawn by legendary comics artist Walter Simonson. Only published once, in a rare Marvel magazine, this is the first time since 1981 that The Lawnmower Man has been available to comic readers. Printed to the exacting standards of all Artist’s Editions, this portfolio is a must-have item for Simonson and King fans alike!

The war gets bigger and more beautiful as Ashley Wood and T.P. Louise (Lore) continue to build their newest epic!

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

•Ashley Wood’s first brand-new comic series in years!

•From the creator of Popbot, World War Robot and Lore!

The Beautiful War #2-Subscription Variant

Ashley Wood & T.P. Louise (w) • Ashley Wood (a & c)

Ashley Wood’s all-new series will feature two gorgeous Ash covers every issue. Get this one by pre-ordering the series!

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Mars Attacks: First Born #3 (of 4)

Chris Ryall (w) • Sam Kieth (a & c)

It’s the Martians’ warlike Nature vs the human tendency to Nurture, as “First Born” hits its penultimate point! Will the first Martian born on Earth succumb to its biologically barbaric imperative? Things take a turn for the bizarre as Ryall and Kieth build to an explosive conclusion to their latest partnership!

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Mars Attacks: First Born #3 (of 4)-Subscription Variant

Chris Ryall (w) • Sam Kieth (a) • Loston Wallace (c)

Loston Wallace continues his Wally Wood homage covers on this variant, available to all human subscribers to this series!

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

The Maxx: Maxximized #9

Sam Kieth, William Messner-Loebs (w) • Kieth (a & c)

Our good Doc finds himself surrounded by a room full of black isz, asÂ Maxx seeks resolution battling various Outback creatures. Meanwhile, Julie seeks solace in that special place we all go to contemplate weighty issues-the bathroom. Neither seems any closer to finding the answers they seek (But Sara finally unwraps that mysterious box of clay that’s been talking to her…)!

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

•Featuring an all-new cover by Sam Kieth!

The Maxx: Maxximized #9-Subscription Variant

Sam Kieth, William Messner-Loebs (w) • Kieth (a & c)

For subscription customers only…a newly colored version of the original Maxx #8 cover by Sam Kieth!

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

The Squidder #1-SPOTLIGHT

Ben Templesmith (w & a & c)

This all-new four-issue series finds an old soldier from a forgotten war in a post-apocalyptic world that has left him behind. He was one of the last of the legendary Squidder Legions. Can a discarded relic with a death wish and a rebellious Squid priestess overthrow humanity’s tentacled alien overlords? Ben Templesmith returns to his roots to finally do the tentacle/Cthulhu-orientated book he’s always promised! The Squidder mixes action, horror, science fiction, and fantasy elements with a touch of Squidly destruction.

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

•Variant greyscale cover by Ben Templesmith!

•First new series written and illustrated by Ben Templesmith in years!

The Squidder #1-Subscription Variant

Ben Templesmith (w & a) • Shane Pierce (c)

Painter Shane Pierce provides this special variant cover available only for Squidder Legion members and subscription customers!

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Transformers VS G.I. JOE #1-SPOTLIGHT

Tom Scioli & John Barber (w) • Scioli (a & c)

SPACE WAR I! Earth makes contact with an alien race-and G.I. JOE is on the front lines of first contact! But when the TRANSFORMERS arrive-their version of “peace” does not match our own…

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

•Variant cover by Rob Liefeld!

•Launching out of the smash-hit FREE COMIC BOOK DAY comic!

•ALL NEW STORY, ALL NEW ART!

•You’ve never seen TRANSFORMERS or G.I. JOE like this!

•Nothing you do can prepare you for the final page!

Transformers VS G.I. JOE #1-Special Order Variant

Tom Scioli & John Barber (w) • Scioli (a) • N/A (c)

Special order a TRANSFORMERS VS G.I. JOE blank sketch cover, and get your favorite artist to draw you a cover! Or, draw one yourself!

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Transformers VS G.I. JOE #1-Subscription Variant

Tom Scioli & John Barber (w) • Scioli (a) • James Stokoe (c)

For subscription customers only, a special variant cover by James Stokoe!

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Transformers: Windblade #4 (of 4): Dawn of the Autobots

Mairghread Scott (w) • Sarah Stone (a & c)

PUBLIC ENEMY NUMBER ONE! WINDBLADEÂ seeks out the last refuge she has left, the living cityÂ METROPLEX as his malfunctions intensify! WINDBLADE realizes that even if she survives STARSCREAM, METROPLEX himself may doom them all!

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

•WINDBLADE versus STARSCREAM for control of CYBERTRON!

•WINDBLADE’S first solo adventure comes to its soul-searing conclusion!

•The aftermath of this issue will affect TRANSFORMERS comics for years to come!

For subscription customers only, a special variant cover by Phil Jimenez!

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye #31: Dawn of the Autobots

James Roberts (w) • Alex Milne (a & c)

FLYING BLIND! Trapped inside a giant replica of RODIMUS’s head (don’t ask), MEGATRON and the crew of the Lost Light have to solve the biggest mystery of their lives. And they have to do so quickly-because every time the lights go out, something terrible happens…

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

•MEGATRON leads the AUTOBOTS in space!

•What’s happening to the AUTOBOTS’ ship?!

•Variant 20th Anniversary cover by Phil Jimenez!

Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye #31: Dawn of the Autobots-Subscription Variant

James Roberts (w) • Alex Milne (a) • Nick Roche (c)

For subscription customers only, a special variant cover with art by Nick Roche!

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Transformers: Robots in Disguise #31: Dawn of the Autobots

John Barber (w) • Andrew Griffith (a & c)

MINDBOMB! The humans have access to a CYBERTRONIAN mind-but whose is it-and why do they want it? OPTIMUS PRIME and GALVATRON race for answers, as JAZZ faces the consequences of his last trip to Earth.

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

•OPTIMUS PRIME leads the Autobots on Earth!

•Mad science and madder betrayals-whose side are the humans on?!

•Variant 20th Anniversary cover by Phil Jimenez!

Transformers: Robots in Disguise #31: Dawn of the Autobots-Subscription Variant

John Barber (w) • Andrew Griffith (a) • Casey W. Coller (c)

For subscription customers only, a special variant cover with art by Casey W. Coller!

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero #204

Larry Hama (w) • S L Gallant (a & c)

TORPEDO leads a dangerous G.I. JOE rescue mission in Olliestan, and the odds are stacked against the team-will they make the evac in time before they get overwhelmed? A tense game of cat-and-mouse continues in G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero #204!

In the aftermath of COBRA’s New York attack, BARONESS leads a new up-and-coming officer called SIREN around the world-and into the past uncovering secrets about the previous Cobra Commander while coming face-to-face with the ruthless current one!

Marvel Comics is the home of some of the greatest and most iconic cover images in the history of comics. This unique Artist’s Edition will feature an amazing “Best of”Â selection of gorgeous covers by a veritable who’s who of the medium. From Neal Adams to Art Adams, Frank Miller to Jack Kirby, Jim Steranko to Jim Starlin, there has never been a book like this before and you are not likely to see its ilk again anytime soon!

•AN ARTIST’S EDITION PRESENTS COMPLETE STORIES WITH EACH PAGE SCANNED FROM THE ACTUAL ORIGINAL ART.

•While appearing to be in black & white, each page has been scanned in COLOR to mimic as closely as possible the experience of viewing the actual original art-for example, you are able to clearly see paste-overs, blue pencils in the art, editorial notes, art corrections. Each page is printed the same size as drawn, and the paper selected is as close as possible to the original art board.

•Advance-solicited for August release!

Cartoon Network: Super Secret Crisis War! #2 (of 6)

Louise Simonson (w) • Derek Charm (a & c)

Aku and his League of Extraordinary Villains have trapped Samurai Jack, Ben 10, Dexter, the Powerpuff Girls, and Ed, Edd, and Eddy like bugs in a jar. (Okay, the Eds were a mistake!) Of course they’ll escape! Of course, there’ll be mayhem! Sheesh! What did Aku think would happen?

There’s trouble a brewin’ in Aron City; and no sir, it ain’t the kind that rhymes with pool! A robot from another dimension has appeared, intent on finding and challenging a hero – any hero – for its evil masters. Instead, the robot finds Johnny Bravo, and proof… that even a robot can be driven mad by exposure to Johnny’s obliviousness. Don’t miss this tie-in to the event of the summer — so cool, you’re gonna have to wear shades. Hyah!

Plus, a two-page epilogue by Louise Simonson and Derek Charm, delving into the formation of the LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY VILLAINS!!

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

•The first of five one-shots tying directly into the Super Secret Crisis War!

A special connecting cover – collect all 5 subscription variant covers of Super Secret Crisis War One Shots, they make one HUGE image!

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Samurai Jack #10

Jim Zub (w) • Andy Kuhn (a) • Andy Suriano (c)

Samurai Jack’s adventures continue at IDW! The war without has been a failure for Aku, so now it’s time to wage the war within! Can Jack overcome an opponent who unravels the thoughts and memories that make him a samurai?

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

•A battle of the minds between Samurai Jack and Aku!

•”Samurai Jack is a thoroughly enjoyable series that pays a lot of respect to everything that came before it.” – Comic Book Therapy

Samurai Jack #10-Subscription Variant

Jim Zub (w) • Andy Kuhn (a & c)

For subscription customers only…a variant cover by Andy Kuhn!

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Dexter’s Laboratory #4 (of 4)

Derek Fridolfs (w) • Ryan Jampole (a & c)

Failing to stop his sister, Dexter has been captured by her royal guards, and now faces punishment at the hands of Princess Dee Dee. As he struggles to endure her torment, can Dexter come up with one last-ditch plan to change their fates? Or is he doomed to live the rest of his life without science?

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

•Ryan Jampole was nominated for a 2013 Harvey award for “Most Promising Talent” for his work on Archie Comics’ Mega Man!

Some of our favorite Ponyville residents, including Applejack, Rarity and Fluttershy, visit Manehattan to see Trixie’s biggest magic trick yet: making the famous Ostlerheimer Diamond disappear! Only one thing goes wrong: the diamond disappears for real! All hoofs point to Trixie as the culprit, but not everything is as it seems in this magical Manehattan mystery!

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

•Start of a new two-part story arc!

•Variant cover by Mary Bellamy!

My Little Pony: Friends Forever #7

Jeremy Whitley (w) • Tony Fleecs (a) • Amy Mebberson (c)

Princess Luna faces her greatest challenge yet… making jokes in public! Luna turns to Pinkie Pie, the master of merriment, to help her find her funny bone. If Pinkie’s teachings backfire on Luna, there might be very few laughs to be found in Canterlot!

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

•Princess and Pinkie… what could go wrong?

My Little Pony: Friends Forever #7-Subscription Variant

Jeremy Whitley (w) • Tony Fleecs (a & c)

For subscription customers only…a variant cover from Tony Fleecs!

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

My Little Pony: Animated, Vol. 3: The Return of Harmony

The celebrated animated series comes to bookshelves! Revisit the habitants of Equestria and learn about the magic that friendship brings in this adaptation of the television series. This volume adapts season two episodes “Return of Harmony” parts 1 and 2!

TPB • FC • $7.99 • 112 pages • 5″ x 7″ • ISBN: 978-1-63140-016-2

• The hit My Little Pony show comes directly from the screen to the page!

The Angry Birds are flying high in this fun-filled second issue! The Angry Birds take a trip to Piggyland but quickly learn it is definitely NOT the happiest place on Earth! Featuring the writing of two Eisner-nominated creators, these stories are guaranteed to please!

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

•Number one best-selling iOS app of all time!

•Over 2 billion downloads. Yes, not a typo. 2 BILLION!

•Featuring the work of not one but two Eisner-nominated writers- Jeff Parker and Paul Tobin!

Blythe’s spotless academic record is in jeopardy when she’s placed on a project with chronic under-achievers Whittany and Brittany Biskit. Meanwhile, the pets’ plan to help her out turns into a desperate search for Sunil when he’s trapped with a ball python! Everyone must find a way to work together or face dire consequences.

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

•Brand-new stories featuring characters from the hit television series and toy line!

Bud Sagendorf: The world’s greatest Popeye cartoonist! He does it again–his rolicking genius starts out with the feature comics story Golden Street starring Popeye and his Pappy! Plus more comics, stories and Bud Sagendorf’s own creation Sherm in the thrill-packed, laugh-filled comic “The Race!” RACEÂ to put this in your order and head to your fave local comic shop to nab it, ya swab!

The Kraang have infiltrated the local zoo, and the mutation possibilities are endless! With no way in without being seen, the Turtles are at a loss to stop the mass mutation. Their only hope lies with April! Can she stop the Kraang’s newest scheme in time?

Volume 5 collects issues #9-12 of Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Volume Two, including the stories “The Path,” “Kaddish,” “The Quick and the Dead,” and “Paris Nocturne” as well as back-up stories by classic and emerging Turtles writers and artists.

TPB • FC • $19.99 • 140 pages • ISBN: 978-1-63140-022-3

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Utrom Empire

Paul Allor (w) • Andy Kuhn (a & c)

Collecting the cosmos-spanning mini-series, Utrom Empire takes us to the site of the Technodrome, where Krang’s plans to destroy the Earth are ramping up. Little does he know that Baxter Stockman plans to harness its power for himself! As the two villains scheme, one imprisoned robot holds the key to success-Fugitoid! Will he be able to reach out to the Turtles in time? All this plus the long-awaited story of Krang’s mission to preserve the alien Utrom race!

TPB • FC • $17.99 • 104 pages • ISBN: 978-1-63140-024-7

•”A thorough and powerful exploration of a major part of the TMNT universe/mythology.” -Adventures In Poor Taste

Taking it back to where the motion picture history of the TMNT started! Relive the classic 1990 TMNT movie with this collection of the original adaptation presented in all-new color. Also includes the full 62-page roughs from Kevin Eastman, with his original placement notes for the pages that were printed in the Archie Comics edition as well as the “cut scenes” that were added back into the Mirage edition. The perfect companion to the ever-growing library of Eastman TMNT hardcovers!

HC • FC • $29.99 • 8.5″ x 12.5″ • 136 pages • ISBN: 978-1-63140-023-0

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Vol. 1: Change is Constant 2014

Kevin Eastman, Tom Waltz (w) • Dan Duncan (a) • Dave Wilkins (c)

The new adventures of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles begin here! This is the perfect spot to jump onto the hit IDW series! The group is separated as Raphael wanders the streets of NYC in search of food and shelter. His brothers and Master Splinter are searching for him, but so far all they can find is trouble-in the form of mutant alley cat Old Hob and his gang of criminals! Join Tom Waltz, Dan Duncan, and TMNT co-creator Kevin Eastman for the start of a wild ride!

TPB • FC • $17.99 • 104 pages • ISBN: 978-1-63140-025-4

•Collects the first four issues of the new ongoing series in a fresh presentation topped off by a stunning Dave Wilkins cover!

Four stand-alone tales centering on each Turtle! Raphael is looking for answers but finds Casey Jones instead. Michelangelo explores New York City and stumbles onto a high-stakes heist. Donatello goes incognito to a science fair and finds out that it’s being put on by none other than Baxter Stockman. And finally, Leonardo does battle with the ruthless Foot Clan!

TPB • FC • $17.99 • 104 pages • ISBN: 978-1-63140-026-1

•A great way for longtime and new Turtles fans to enjoy the Micro tales that kicked off the IDW run!

Leonardo and Splinter plan for the coming war with Shredder. As they meditate on what their true path must be, they are engulfed by darkness. And from that darkness emerges… the Rat King! Will his meddling with their minds lead to salvation or madness?

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

•The fan-favorite character that everyone has been asking for is here!

•Variant cover by Mark Torres!

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time #2 (of 4)

Erik Burnham (w) • Charles Paul Wilson III (a) • David Petersen (c)

The Turtles’ journey through time continues, and the next stop is Feudal Japan! The Turtles will meet some familiar faces and be forced to make one of the most important decisions of their lives. Will stopping the Shredder mean the end of the Turtles as we know them?

Harlan Ellison’s Hugo and WGA Award-winning teleplay, visualized for the first time! Captain Kirk, Mr. Spock and Yeoman Rand return to the Enterprise following their first encounter with the Guardians of Forever, only to find a darker, more vicious crew of renegades awaiting them! Can they return the timestream to its proper state? And will they even survive long enough to try?

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

•A Star Trek event nearly 50 years in the making!

•Adapted by the Star Trek TNG/Doctor Who team working closely with Harlan Ellison!

•Regular covers by Juan Ortiz (Star Trek: The Art of Juan Ortiz)

•The filmed episode is ranked as one of TV Guide’s Top 100 Most Memorable Moments in TV History!

For subscribers and Federation members only, a special variant cover by painter Paul Shipper!

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Star Trek #35

Mike Johnson (w) • Tony Shasteen (a & c)

“The Q Gambit” begins here! The crew of the new STAR TREK film franchise encounters the classic Trek villain Q for the first time, only in this all-new 6-part galaxy-spanning adventure developed in associataion with screenwriter/producer Roberto Orci! The mischievous Q sends James T. Kirk on quest that will see the Enterprise joining forces with familiar faces from Star Trek lore, beginning with the crew of a certain space station…

When a Starfleet medical conference is crashedÂ by a deadly metamorphic virus, Doctors BeverlyÂ Crusher, Julian Bashir and Katherine Pulaski have to race against time…to find aÂ cure.Â The answers lie in the distant past, deep within the files of Dr. Leonard McCoy! All of Star Trek’sÂ medical officersÂ team up for the first time ever!

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

•Created in conjunction with XPRIZE, sponsors of the Qualcomm Medical Tricorder competition!

Ghostbusters #18

Erik Burnham (w) • Dan Schoening (a & c)

Tiamat’s chaotic presence continues to be felt in New York City, and the Ghostbusters are at wits’ end as to how to deal with it. She’s clearly too powerful to capture, and she may be impossible to destroy… does that leave only the most drastic of options open to the team? Mass Hysteria continues here!

As our world recovers following Godzilla’s climactic battle against the Devonians, a threat unlike any before takes aim at not only our world, but the monsters themselves! One of the biggest chapters in the series starts right here!

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

•A new world-wide threat emerges!

•Variant cover by Jeff Zornow!

Judge Dredd #21

Duane Swierczynski (w) • Shane Pierce (a) • David Stoupakis (c)

“To Live and Die in Deadworld”-Judge Anderson is presumed dead, her body hopelessly transformed into the most mysterious of the new Dark Judges-JUDGE BLANK. But don’t count Anderson out yet. Her consciousness is loose in the vast, cold expanse of Deadworld, and she’s desperately trying to find her way back to Mega-City One. But where she ends up just might be the most frightening place of all…

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

•Special standalone story with art by Shane Pierce!

Judge Dredd #21-Subscription Variant

Duane Swierczynski (w) • Shane Pierce (a) • James Biggie (c)

James Biggie offers up this striking variant cover for all early subscribers and non-perps alike. Mega-City One residents must have valid I.D.

Clone war! Nu-Earth, a planet ravaged by war, its atmosphere poisoned by chemical weapons. In this battle-scarred landscape, the Norts and Southers fight where only the Genetic Infantrymen can survive unaided. Rogue is one such soldier, and these are his tales… all in color for the very first time!

Now that you’ve seen Jack Bauer’s return to television in LIVE ANOTHER DAY, read the story that sent the heroic agent spiraling into his darkest days as an international fugitive. In Odessa, Ukraine, Jack has found himself stuck between the CIA and a Russian mobster from his past. How will he get out of this one?

Pilgrims, Part 4 of 5: Agent Mulder has been infected with black oil, playing host to an alien being seeking to use his knowledge, history, and expertise to unlock something mysteriously and terribly powerful. But Mulder and the would-be alien colonist possessing him aren’t the only ones looking for it…

When a blue-collar worker from New Jersey passes prophetic messages to the FBI from a mysterious “Mr. Zero,” Mulder is convinced it is the same otherworldly entity that contacted the FBI through a suburban housewife in the 1940s. This similarly named “Mr. Xero” pointed the FBI toward many unusual cases, leading to the establishment of “the X-Files”!

A group of vampires who claim to be nonviolent and non-predatory, try to settle in a small southern town. When problems escalate between ‘Bloods’ (vampires) and ‘Beats’ (non-infected humans), the military special operations unit, V-8, rolls in to contain the situation. This one doesn’t end well for anyone.

It’s been one year since a virus triggered junk DNA and people all over the world started changing. Becoming something else. Craving blood. It’s been ten months since the word “vampire” stopped being something from old monster stories and Hollywood movies. It’s been six months since our world and theirs erupted into war. It’s been two months since an uneasy peace was signed. It’s been one hour since that peace was shattered. The war is here again. The vampire war. Our world will burn. Our world will bleed. When anyone can turn, when every street is a battlefield, there is nowhere to run.

The saga of Scully and Wynn continues as they search for a fabled village by the sea where rumors tell of a warm heaven in this cold hell. Wynn is still in search of her parents and the village of La Niña may be the place they were heading when she was abandoned as a child. Scully just wants to find enough fuel to keep their new vehicle on the move. But will they find death at the end of the icy road?

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

•Written & co-created by Chuck Dixon (G.I. JOE, Batman, Nightwing)!

•Art by Butch Guice (Captain America, Birds of Prey, Action Comics)!

Winterworld #2-Subscription Variant

Chuck Dixon (w) • Butch Guice (a) • Gerardo Zaffino (c)

For subscription customers only…a variant cover from the son of the late, great Jorge Zaffino, Gerardo Zaffino!

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Borderlands: The Fall of Fyrestone #1-SPOTLIGHT

Mikey Neumann (w) • Agustin Padilla (a & c)

The epic story of Borderlands continues in part one of the new series, where fans find out what happens after Roland, Mordecai, Lilith, and Brick step out of Marcus’s bus. As soon as they arrive in the once-prosperous town of Fyrestone, they realize that Pandora is a far more dangerous planet than they first imagined. The Vault Hunters will go up against a ruthless bandit known as “Nine Toes,” but will they be able to overcome him?

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

•Borderlands: The Fall of Fyrestone features other fan-favorite characters like Claptrap, Dr. Ned, and TK Baha!

•Written by original game writer, Mikey Neumann, with art by the fantastic Agustin Padilla — the very same creative team behind the smash-hit Borderlands: Origins!

Marcus Fall is a battle-hardened soldier in a long-running inter-planetary war. After multiple combat tours, Fall is finally able to leave the military and return to his beloved wife and son. But his happy homecoming comes to a tragic end when a suicide bomber murders his family. Devastated, Fall returns to the war with one bloody mission in mind: revenge against the enemy… every last one of them.

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

•An all-new original sci-fi/military drama from the creative team behind the critically acclaimed Children of the Grave – fan-favorite writer Tom Waltz (TMNT) and artist Casey Maloney (Star Trek).

Ripley’s Believe It or Not!: The Original Classic Cartoons by Robert Ripley

Robert Ripley (w & a & c)

Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Odditoriums are among the most popular attractions worldwide, yet most people don’t know that it all started with a daily cartoon drawn by one man-Robert Ripley.

Originally a sports cartoonist, Ripley developed Believe It or Not! in the 1920s. By the end of the decade, the series had become a phenomenal hit. In an era when few people traveled outside their own hometown, let alone out of the country, Ripley became a globetrotter, seeking stories of bizarre and unusual proportion to put in his internationally known feature. The cartoons were adapted into radio and television programs, and helped make Ripley the highest paid cartoonist in the world.

This series begins a chronological reprinting of Ripley’s famous daily cartoons in hardcover collections, reminding us that first and foremost Robert Ripley-explorer, radio, movie and television personality, entrepreneur, and museum impresario-was an astounding artist-cartoonist.

HC • B&W • $39.99 • 328 pages • 11″ x 7.5″ • ISBN: 978-1-61377-890-6

•This first volume reprises cartoons from 1929 and 1930, when Ripley’s fame raised him from relative obscurity to international celebrity.

In this seventh volume, Al Williamson takes on a larger role as John Prentice’s assistant, and Prentice fully hits his stride while Fred Dickenson continues to write Rip’s adventures. Rip Kirby, the suave gentleman detective is the right man for his times as then-current 1960s culture reflects a new fascination with sophisticated stories featuring agents, both secret and otherwise. The strips are reproduced from the original King Features Syndicate proofs, insuring that every daily will look even better than when they were first published in newspapers over 50 years ago. Contains nine complete stories in more than 800 sequential comics!

HC • B&W • $49.99 • 288 pages • 11″ x 10″ • ISBN: 978-1-63140-034-6

•Collects strips from February 12, 1962 to October 10, 1964.

WEIRD Love #2

Various (w & a & c)

The first issue of WEIRD Love was a blazingÂ buzz book-the hot gossipy talk of comic fans! Now, right on the heels-the HIGH heels-of that controversial comic is the second stupifying issue of 1950s and beyond kinky classics. WEIRD Love #2 leads off with a tawdry, torrid tale, “Yes, I was an Escort Girl!” with a vintage salacious cover to match! Five more bizarro stories luridly illustrated with Good Girl Art follow, including, “Mini-skirts Must Go!” and “Too Fat for Love!” WEIRD Love has been called “by far the most jaw-dropping and entertaining comic today!” Order this and you will see why fanboys and fangirls!

FC • 48 pages • $3.99

•$3.99 for 48 pages of lovingly weird comics from the Eisner-winning master of archival comics, Craig Yoe and Yoe Studios!

Star Slammers: Re-mastered! #5

Walter Simonson (w & a & c)

Chapter 2:Â Â The Empire: The Starship Meredith is flying to the Imperial Capitol of Knossos, carrying priceless cargo, a captured Star Slammer. But things have gone terribly wrong. A hidden assassin aboard the ship has apparently killed the Slammer and his jailers. And the only way for Colonel Phaedra to find out what happened is for her to force the Emperor’s personal telepath to access the minds of the dead men!

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

•Each page of art has been scanned from Simonson’s personal archives to ensure the finest reproduction!

•Completely re-mastered and re-colored!

Star Mage #4 (of 6)

JC De La Torre (w) • Franco Cespedes (a & c)

A few months after the dramatic cliffhanger in Issue 3, Darien and his friends are forced to fend off Orasmas’ monsters while Arylos searches for the truth. Plus, what does Earthen Aaron King have to do with anything?

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

•A crucial new character is revealed!

•Star Mage has been called “Part Ender’s Game, part Last Starfighter, even part Star Wars.”

•This issue also features two comic shorts – Whimsy by Marcus Rocco and Jean-Francois Beaulieu and Soul Men Guide Files 03 by Sal Brucculeri and Ibai Canales.

Kill Shakespeare: The Mask of Night #2 (of 4)

Anthony Del Col & Conor McCreery (w) • Andy Belanger (a & c)

Mutiny! With Titus’s deadly battleship in hot pursuit and Hamlet and Juliet’s lives in the balance, Viola must either defend her lover Captain Cesario’s decision to protect their stowaways, or lead a full-stage pirate mutiny against him.

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

•An excellent companion piece to the new Kill Shakespeare board game released by IDW Games!

For subscription customers only! A variant cover from J.K. Woodward, featured artist from the Kill Shakespeare game!

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Wraith: Welcome to Christmasland HC-SPOTLIGHT

Joe Hill (w) • Charles P. Wilson III (a) • Gabriel Rodriguez (c)

Joe Hill’s New York Times bestselling novel, NOS4A2, introduced readers to the terrifying funhouse world of Christmasland and the mad man who rules there: Charlie Talent Manx III. Now, in an original new comic miniseries, Hill throws wide the candy cane gates to tell a standalone story that is at once both accessible to new readers and sure to delight fans of the book.

HC • FC • $29.99 • 172 pages • ISBN: 978-1-61377-898-2

•”Like the masterful writer that Hill is, he is building, brick by brick, introducing characters and developing a story that appears to be aiming for nightmarish soul sucking horror with real world blood and guts crime as well.” -Comic Bastards

Wraith #1 Director’s Cut-CERTIFIED COOL

Joe Hill (w) • Charles P. Wilson III (a & c)

Joe Hill’s New York Times Bestselling novel, NOS4A2, introduced readers to the terrifying funhouse world of Christmasland, and the mad man who rules there: Charlie Talent Manx III. Now, Hill and artist Charlie “Talent” Wilson III welcome you to Christmasland in this special extra-length version of the first issue, which also includes all of the issue’s covers and the full original comic-book script by Joe Hill.

FC • 48 pages • $4.99

•Ever wanted to see the inner workings of a comic? This Director’s Cut contains the entire script from the first issue!

The bargain-priced debut issues of the beloved series continue here with this dollar comic presenting “The Haunting of Keyhouse,” the first chapter of Crown of Shadows, the haunting third storyline in the Locke & Key saga!

FC • 32 pages • $1.00

Monster Motors One-Shot-CERTIFIED COOL

Brian Lynch (w) • Nick Roche (a & c)

The once-quiet town of Transylvania, Kentucky is under attack from Cadillacula, an evil vampire-car that sucks the gas out of other vehicles! The more victims he claims, the more powerful he gets. Genius mechanic Vic Frankenstein has a solution: build a monster to fight a monster.Â Vic and his android assistant iGOR (interactive Garage Operations Robot) assemble a giant truck from the pieces of the town’s fallen vehicles. Frankenride is born and the battle between good and evil hits the road!

FC • 48 pages • $5.99

•An all-new one-shot from the writer of Angel: After the Fall and the films Minions, Hop, and Puss in Boots!

Frank Doberman was the greatest detective of his era with the fastest car, biggest gun, and longest… um… arrest record. But after a drug bust went horribly wrong, Doberman disappeared, seeking solace in Mother Nature. Now lured back to the Force by the promise of vengeance, and an ice-cold six-pack, Doberman has to deal with a new age of computers, regulations, and an uber-villain whom the world seems to believe has changed his ways.

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

•Don’t miss this new action comedy from the writers of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia!

•Things just keep getting worse for Greg Pincus in Indestructible, created by Jeff Kline (Transformers: Prime)!

Gate-Way, Vol. 1: A New World

Joe Halpin, Sr. (w) • Juanfrancisco Moyano (a & c)

In a surreal setting where a red sky burns bright and the blanket of night brings a terror known only as the Dark Souls, ex-cop Jake Ryan struggles to make sense of his surroundings. Gate-Way is a story that weaves a rich tapestry of loyalty, lust, intrigue, and betrayal as beggars, thieves, priests, and murderers all vie for power in a world that rewards the bold and enslaves the weak.